and india. smarter medicine is safer medicine. that's what i'm working on. i'm an ibmer. let's build a smarter planet. >> schieffer:. >> and joining us now, senator >> schieffer:and joining us now, senator marco rubio who is in miami this morning, senator, of course, you are one of the first candidates to win who had the backing of the tea party. you are not part of the tea party caucus in washington, but you do know the thinking of -- thinking of a lot of people on that side of the street. i want to ask you, do you take seriously these dire warnings that the administration is putting out about what will happen if we don't make this deadline on august 2nd? >> well, certainly the debt limit is an issue but i think the bigger issue here is the debt and i think what troubles me, bob, no one is focusing on the real problem here, the real problem here is not the debt limit, the real problem here is the debt, and a lack of a credible plan to deal with the debt. and it is not me saying it the rating houses if you read the s&p report they make it clear simply raising the debt lim